As this game is no longer available on Steam, I'd like to take a moment to reflect on this masterpiece. Not even 4 years ago, the developers at "One Button Please" unleashed the game known as "Baby Walking Simulator" upon this world. A simple game, Baby Walking Simulator has the player use the space bar to balance the baby's posture, with the baby continuously walking forward as long as it remains balanced. A simple enough task, but it becomes a test of faith and endurance, as you are required to trust the baby to heed your call. I would often yell to the child, "STOP, what are you doing? Don't fall over yet, we've barely walked to the 2 meter mark!" Perhaps it was my own lack of trust in the baby that was at fault. I shouldn't have been so afraid of it falling over, I should've trusted it's ability to stand up for itself. Truly, how can any child grow if they are not even trusted to walk on their own.
Truly, this game has opened my eyes and my heart. I understand the struggles of parenthood, the fears of letting go of your child. So, when I saw this game was delisted from Steam, my heart sank. I cried aloud, "WHY?! How could this happen?!" But then I realized: that was the message all along.
In my desperation to keep pushing the baby forward, I never realized that I simply needed to let go. To let the baby walk for itself. Similarly, I need to let Baby Walking Simulator go, and let the developers walk for themselves. By keeping Baby Walking Simulator up on Steam, how could they ever grow? People would always say, "Wow, YoUR neW gAMe is SO bAd, whERe'S An uPDAte fOr BaBy WalkING siMULAtor?!!?!!?!?11/11?" They'd always feel confined by their creation, trapped in an endless cycle. This was their attempt to break free, to allow themselves to flourish. Perhaps it's for the best that the game was taken down. Perhaps, it was destiny.
